A Supermassive Lens on the Constants of Nature

[View this email in your browser]( November 26, 2020 Chapter Two: Realities [READ ISSUE]( Dear Nautilus Reader, Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. And now it’s time to think about how the gravitational field that surrounds the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy is a lab to study nature under extreme conditions. Physics professor Sidney Perkowitz is your guide to the discovery that led to this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics. After you’ve digested Sidney’s article, which goes down easy, we promise, read on to meet 10 of science’s unsung geniuses. Also this week: While we give thanks to the scientists who have brought us the first COVID-19 vaccines, we need to ensure, as authors Melanie Moses and Kathy Powers offer, that vaccines reach the vulnerable communities that historically have been left behind. [A Supermassive Lens on the Constants of Nature]( [What this year’s Nobel-winning discovery of the black hole at our galaxy’s center reveals.]( [By Sidney Perkowitz]( [The 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics went to three researchers who confirmed that Einstein’s general relativity predicts black holes, and established that the center of our own galaxy houses a supermassive black hole with the equivalent of 4 million suns packed into a relatively small space.]( Paid Advertisement [The Science of #MaskingUp]( [The science is clear—disposable surgical masks are more effective than reusable cloth masks. That’s why we’ve partnered with Armbrust USA to provide Nautilus readers a discount on American made, FDA-Listed, ASTM level-III surgical masks. USE CODE BLACK-FRIDAY-2020]( [A Model for a Just COVID-19 Vaccination Program]( [The pandemic exposed racial injustice in healthcare. Vaccine distribution must not.]( [By Melanie Moses & Kathy Powers]( [Scientists have now produced apparently effective vaccines at sufficient scale to vaccinate most vulnerable populations in the United States in the next few months, and the U.S. population more broadly in the next year.]( Nautilus Print Edition [Subscribe to Nautilus]( for great insight into scientific questions and discoveries that impact your life now and for generations to come. [Do You Know These Scientific Pioneers?]( [10 great minds that should have been in your science textbooks.]( [By Tom Siegfried]( [It’s easy to name science and math geniuses.]( [READ ISSUE]( [Facebook]( [Instagram]( [Twitter]( [Website]( Copyright © 2020 NautilusNext, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in at our website. Our mailing address is: NautilusNext 25 Broadway 9th FloorNew York, NY 10018 [Add us to your address book]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](.